अषाळ्ह

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-Aryan *asaẓḍʰas, from *a- (un-, not) + *saẓḍʰas (conquered, overcome), from Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ- (to overcome).

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अषाळ्ह (áṣāḷha) stem

  1. (Rigvedic) Alternative form of अषाढ (áṣāḍha); invincible
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.91.21:
      अषाळ्हं युत्सु पृतनासु पप्रिं स्वर्षामप्सां वृजनस्य गोपाम् ।
      भरेषुजां सुक्षितिं सुश्रवसं जयन्तं त्वामनु मदेम सोम ॥
      aṣāḷhaṃ yutsu pṛtanāsu papriṃ svarṣāmapsāṃ vṛjanasya gopām.
      bhareṣujāṃ sukṣitiṃ suśravasaṃ jayantaṃ tvāmanu madema soma.
      Invincible in fight, saver in battles, guard of our camp, winner of light and water,
      Born amid hymns, well-housed, exceeding famous, victor, in thee will we rejoice, O Soma.